A series of examples on how to TDD React
- install nvm
- Grab an editor or IDE. I recommend Webstorm, Atom, and VIM, in that order.
git clone...nvm install 4OR if v4 of node.js is installed,nvm usenpm i
Each section is broken out into its own folder, starting with basics. What you'll find there is the finished example. I am experimenting with using the commit history and comments to drive the guide itself. Feedback on whether this works or not would be appreciated.
Each commit that is suffixed with "- red" can be checked out separately to examine the failing test. Each commit that is suffixed with "- green" shows how I finally passed the failing assertion.
Looking at the history for each section will show you only the steps needed to drive that part of the application.
- Avoid the need for runners and browsers
- Achieved by using mocha, jsdom, and my jsdom helper
- Use a mostly mockist approach
- Achieved using shallow rendering (from the react test utils package) and sinon
- Basics - Steps for TDD'ing the simplest of React components: An unordered list of items. Start here if you're not familiar with TDD'ing React and want to see a simple introduction.
- Simple event handling (WIP)
- Centralized state management techniques (not done)
- Server interactions with Ampersand collections and models (not done)
- React router (not done)
npm run <section name>
npm test
Please feel free to open an issue for:
- A question on how to do something
- A request for further clarification
Use a pull request for
- Suggestions on changing how something is tested
- To add an example you think would be valuable
I am not a windows user, therefore this has only been tested on OSX.